Holder for brooms and the like.



WTLLART) JONES, Ol" vAVBURN, MAINE.

HOLDER FOR BROOMS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4,- 1 908.

Appiicaion ined May 24. 1907. sei-a1 No. 375.525.

T 0 all lwhom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, WnmnnJoxns,.a citizen of the United States, residingat Auburn, i-n the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine', haveinvented a nep' and useful Holder for Brooms and the Like, of which thefollowing is a s )ecilica-tioii. i

rl`his inventionrefates to holders for brooms and the like and itsobject is to provide a simple,- durable, and ellicientl deviceof thischaracter which is cheap to manufacture and which is formedV ot' asingle length of wire bent upon itself to constitute a clip for engagingand supporting a broom handle and hooks for supporting other devices inaddition to the broom.

A still further object is to provide such av device having attachingmeans integral therewith whereby the same can be conveniently secured toa supporting structure without the use ot screws or separate fasteningWith these and other objects in View the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts Which will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

Said drawing is a perspective view ot' the device, a portion of a broomhandle being indicated by dotted lines in )osition therein.

Referring to the drawing y character-sof reference, l designates a screwthreaded shank formed by one end portion of a wire which is preferablymade of steel or other metal of the'proper resiliency. l`his wire isbent downward at the end ot the stem to form a head 2 and then extendslaterallyl as at' 3 and is coiled in a horizontal plane to form an eye4. From this eye the wire extends outward and is folded upon itself andtwisted to form an arm 5, after which the wire extends for\\'ard as at tand is folded upon itself to form a loop 7. Said wire is then extendeddownward and coiled to form an eye S which is disposed in a verticalplane substantially' at right. angles to the loop t. The wire is thenagain extended forward and folded upon itself to form a loop t), afterwhich the wire is extended outward and4 folded on itself and twisted tovform an arm 1t). 'l`hc end portion of the wire is then eX- tendedinward and coiled to produce an eye 1l which is disposed insubstantially the 55 same plane with the eye 4 and a small eye 12 isproduced by the extremity of the Wire, i said' eye surrounding the head2 so that the two end portions of the wire are 'tixedly connected. 'l`hetwo arms 5 and 10 are prefer- 60 ably arranged along diverging lines andare bent upward to constitute hooks. The loops 7 and t) are preferably'oppositely bowed to constitute. clips designed to embrace and bearagainst opposite portionsA of a broom handle such as indicated at A. Theextremitiesot" these loops are bent outwardly as at l?, to constitutedellectors whereby hen a broom handle. is brought in positionthereagainst the clips will be spread apart until said handle. assumes aposition between the rear portions of the clips.

lt will be seen that this device is of very simple construction inasmuchas itis formed ot a single pieceof wire which piece is so shaped as tovform not only broom handle engaging clips but also hooks'which can beused 'for supporting a dust pan and a brush or other device. The stein lwhich is an integral part of the device also constitutes means forfastening the device to a supporting structure.

lt is designed to make the device of a wire sutliciently strong tosupport the various articles designed to be engaged and held thereby andwhich is of sullicieut resiliency to enable the. clips 7 and E) to bindwith thev4 necessary pressure upon a broom handle.

what isclaimed is:

l. A device of the character described formed in a single piece of wirebent to torni a stem, eyes adjoining the stem, hooked arms extendingfrom the eyes, and oppositely disposed bowed loops interposed betweenthe arms and constituting a clip, said loops being spaced by an integralcoil. i

2. A device of' the character described formed in a single piece of wireand compris ing a screw threaded stem, oppositely disposed eyes adjacentthe stem, said eyes'being 100 disposed in substantially the same plane,hooked arms extending trom the eyes, said einis being disposed alongdiverging lines, oppositely bowed loops interposed between `tlie armsand constituting e cli the outer ends of said loops-diverging to ormguides, end a, coil interposed between the inner ortions of the loopsand' eonstituting resillent spacing means.

' In testimony that I claim vthe foregoing as my own, I have heretoaiixed my signature in the presence 'of tWo Witnesses.

WILLARD JONES.

Witnesses: l HARRY MANSER,4 ALICE L. OWEN.

